Aug 06, 2003 - Sale 1975

Sale 1975 - Lot 220

Price Realized: $ 1,035
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
WILLIAM GROPPER WILLIAM GROPPER'S AMERICA. 1946.
231/4x34 inches.
Condition A-: creases in margins. Paper.
A cartoon map of America by the famous artist and cartoonist, in red, blue, green, yellow, brown and orange, high-lighting American folklore in the guise of such characters as Jesse James, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Casey Jones and many others. A social realist painter known for his biting caricature's of America's wealthy and powerful, Gropper also designed warbond posters during World War II.